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The first Australian soldier has been charged over Afghanistan war crimes, but those ultimately responsible remain in command
Afghanistan, Australia, Human Rights

The first Australian soldier has been charged over Afghanistan war crimes, but those ultimately responsible remain in command

The murder allegation could be the start of a lengthy string of trials, which is unlikely to ever reach the top brass Graham Hryce is an Australian journalist and former media lawyer, whose work has been published in The Australian, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age, the Sunday Mail, the Spectator and Quadrant. FILE PHOTO: Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, January 24, 2013. ©  Photo by Kate Geraghty/The Sydney Morning Herald/Fairfax Media via Getty Images via Getty Images Earlier this week, an Australian soldier, Oliver Schulz, 41, was charged with murder by the Australian Federal Police in relation to the killing of a civilian in Afghanistan in 2012. Schulz was remanded in custody and is due to appear in court again on May 16. His trial wil...
Murdoch propaganda pushes Australia: double military budget to fight China
Australia, China

Murdoch propaganda pushes Australia: double military budget to fight China

The time to start resisting is now. Caitlin Johnstone Subscribe to our  channel The Australian people are being groomed into participating in the USA’s war drive against China. The cost to themselves is likely to be catastrophic. The following article is reproduced from Caitlin Johnstone’s blog, with thanks. ***** In the latest escalation in Australia’s increasingly forceful campaign to manufacture consent for war with China, the Murdoch-owned Sky News Australia has aired a jaw-droppingly propagandistic hour-long special which advocates a dramatic increase in the nation’s military spending. Australians are uniquely vulnerable to propaganda because our nation has the most concentrated media ownership in the western world, th...
Australia accused of holding ex-US marine in ‘inhumane conditions’
Australia

Australia accused of holding ex-US marine in ‘inhumane conditions’

Daniel Duggan, now an Australian citizen, has allegedly been held by Canberra for 115 days without conviction ©  AFP / STR The family of detained Australian citizen and former US marine Daniel Duggan plans to petition the UN Human Rights Committee to intervene to stop his “inhumane treatment,” his wife, Saffrine Duggan, said in a statement on Sunday, calling the imprisonment of her fighter pilot husband an “affront to Australia’s rule of law.”  “The father of six children has been held in a tiny cell in Sydney under extreme conditions without any conviction for 115 days, based on unproven charges from the United States,” she said, adding that he is classified as an “extreme high risk restricted inmate” at the Silverware Correctiona...
Austrian businesses not leaving Russia
Australia, USA

Austrian businesses not leaving Russia

Companies have remained despite “unprecedented pressure,” the Russian envoy has said ©  Getty Images/Westend61 The vast majority of Austrian companies present in Russia continue to operate even in the face of Western sanctions, the Russian ambassador to Vienna, Dmitry Lyubinsky, stated on Friday.    Most of the 650 Austrian firms working in the Russian market have stayed, the diplomat said in an interview with RIA Novosti.   Lyubinsky noted that entrepreneurs in both countries “are showing great interest in the continuation of mutually beneficial cooperation.” He added that despite facing “unprecedented pressure,” only a “handful” of Austrian companies have opted to leave Russia.    The envoy pointed at nu...
Racist persecution of aborigines in Australia
Australia

Racist persecution of aborigines in Australia

In sharp contradiction to the Australia of the ‘Crocodile Dundee’ films where all races get along together, personal differences are sorted out in a manly fist fight followed by all having a few jars at the local boozer in some ‘one horse town’, real-life Australia is for the most part a modern imperialist state where nearly 98% of the population are not classified as indigenous (aboriginal) people and a large part of whom view those indigenous people as some mixture of stupid, criminal, obscene drunks who are completely unreliable as workers.  You don’t have to travel too far back in history to find the roots of the anti-aborigine feelings and practices which range from the ‘mildly’ intolerant racism through to the extreme racial hatred of white supremacy that is there in...
From Ally to Enemy: Australia Hammers Final Nail in US ‘Deal of the Century’
Australia, Palestine Affairs, USA, ZIO-NAZI

From Ally to Enemy: Australia Hammers Final Nail in US ‘Deal of the Century’

Abraham Accord signing ceremony in Washington. (Photo: Wikimedia) By Ramzy Baroud US President Donald Trump’s so-called ‘Deal of the Century’ was meant to represent a finality of sorts, an event reminiscent of Francis Fukuyama’s premature declaration of the ‘End of History’ and the uncontested supremacy of western capitalism. In effect, it was a declaration that ‘we’ – the US, Israel and a few allies – have won, and ‘you’, isolated and marginalized Palestinians, lost. The same way Fukuyama failed to consider the unceasing evolution of history, the US and Israeli governments also failed to understand that the Middle East, in fact, the world, is not governed by Israeli expectations and American diktats. The above is a verifiable assertion. On October 17, the A...
An Australian Setback for the Nazi Settler Regime
Australia, Palestine Affairs, West Bank, ZIO-NAZI

An Australian Setback for the Nazi Settler Regime

The city of Jerusalem. (Photo: max_gloin via Pixabay) By Jeremy Salt Two Albaneses made international news in mid-October. One was the Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, whose government withdrew Australia’s recognition of West Jerusalem as the zionist settler state’s capital, declared in 2018 by his predecessor, Scott Morrison, to win a seat in forthcoming elections. The zionists were furious, of course. The Australian ambassador to Tel Aviv – once again the settler state’s capital in Australia’s eyes – was called in for a dressing-down. Yair Lapid insists that Jerusalem – all of it – is Israel’s capital., now and forever. Of course, it is not. It is the administrative center of a European colonial settler regime that succeeded in taking over most of Palest...
‘So Irresponsible’: US Condemned for Warning Australia Against Joining Anti-Nuclear Treaty
Australia, USA

‘So Irresponsible’: US Condemned for Warning Australia Against Joining Anti-Nuclear Treaty

Members of the Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition participate in a protest in Sydney, Australia on December 11, 2021. The coalition opposes military agreements between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, the development of nuclear submarines, and war on China. (Photo: Steven Saphore/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images). Australia "should not face intimidation from so-called allies under the auspices of defense cooperation," said one advocate. JULIA CONLEY Anti-nuclear weapons campaigners rebuked the Biden administration on Wednesday over its opposition to Australia's newly announced voting position on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which could signal the country's willingness to sign on to the agreement. "The TPNW offers the best chance for la...
Palestine: Foreign Ministry Welcomes Australia’s Decision On Jerusalem, Calls For Recognition Of State Of Palestine
Australia, Palestine Affairs, ZIO-NAZI

Palestine: Foreign Ministry Welcomes Australia’s Decision On Jerusalem, Calls For Recognition Of State Of Palestine

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today welcomed the Australian government’s decision to reverse the decision taken by the previous government recognizing West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In a statement issued today, the ministry considered “this decision a positive correction to Australia’s position that falls in line with international law and United Nations resolutions.” It also appreciated Australia’s call for implementing and adhering to the two-state solution and considering Jerusalem the basis of the negotiated final-status issues in accordance with international legitimacy. It stressed that this Australian decision supports international and regional efforts aimed at reviving the peace process and negotiations between the Palestinian ...
Australia Drops Recognition of Jerusalem as Nazi’s regime Capital
Australia, Palestine Affairs, ZIO-NAZI

Australia Drops Recognition of Jerusalem as Nazi’s regime Capital

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) In a move that is expected to rattle Tel Aviv, Australia has decided to drop its recognition of West Jerusalem as the capital of the Nazi entity, The Guardian reported. The move is a reversal of a previous policy that was adopted by former Prime Minister Scott Morrison. After initial uncertainty, the Australian newspaper, the Financial review confirmed the news. It reported on Tuesday that “the Albanese government will reverse the previous government’s recognition of West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Foreign Minister Penny Wong has announced.” Wong also told reporters that “the Australian government remains committed to a two-state solution in which Israel and a future Palestinian state can coexist ...